Introduction and Application of a New Comprehensive Assessment Index for Damage Caused by Tropical Cyclones

ABSTRACT: Using principal component analysis, a new comprehensive assessment index for damage caused by tropical cyclones in mainland china is developed based on data from 1984 to 2008. It is a weighted average of four kinds of damage data: including the deaths and missing, affected crop area, destr...

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Main Authors: Peiyan Chen, Xiaotu Lei, Ming Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2013-09-01
Series:Tropical Cyclone Research and Review
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S222560321830081X